Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-04-20

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sEATTIE. W. T., April Is. 1851.
have lass perlsed tie article 10 the 1
ssu krsnciseo Ckraa6els relative 20 What I
- called .O1s hundred fraudulent |
Port Townssnd Chinesa eertiacssss.1
said o. have been -issafd az said poFt,
bat uhieh does not say What has Be-
cone Of them. Sad ariieie also refers
70 one ether frandBient eeEtifeats cnn-
esred ri. dated OcsobeF -. 1873. and
that tie name Of A. W Bash 10 said 70
CO i. Ia rs0srd TO this art ole. Siil say
that A. ". Bash was newer . Depnty
Collector AZ Porn j wnaend, or for that
matter, st any ether port, that ] am
a~afe Of. he Sss Collector Of Customs
fnstherDoTe. desire to say that fFen
Angust Sth. 1881. % February Ist, 1881.
vas Dspaty Collees0r, thon0h until
sbo1t shs last twelve months OF %,
vas Dspufy Collector and Inspector.
Therefore, 10 shat respect, the article ~
3 great mistake. II Il refers 20 me az
tie Depaty Collector, stating ~ mis-
take the name Of A. W Bash. the pa
Der. ] think has undoubtedly mis1ndeE-
stood, or misprintsd H. r BeeeheF's as
sertione. In regard 70 myssif, ] viii
ssy thst from August s, 1851. TO shout
She end Of Ostote r, 1854. vas stationed
a. Bsliineham Bay and North, resided
there most Of the time. ana when con
inR 10 Port Townsend occasionally,
zzld0n remained over three or four
days. and had little 70 do on Chinese
certificates.
At the end OF Osfober, 1884. I left
Sibeme to 80 on the ship City OF Brook
lya 10 san FFaacisco, and search Der for
0pinm. | vas IN Townsend only tbree
days. | think. Went TO 5 "A Francisco
aad spent nearly month on the ship.
Nas sUav from Townsend aboat fiSe
ge Ks and on my rstarn vas transferred
from seaome so townsend and remain
ed there permanently in charge Of the
Chinese business. these statements can
be proved by records IN the Custom
| House, aud far better than BY consult
/ ing Beecher or any Of his strikers IL -,
therefore, diiiioult for me to understand
how /. residing in Bsllingham Bay until
near the end OF 1884, could have been
running a Chinese sWindling fraud.
/ Is Dazxls me hoW 100 certificates are
found in the numbers 2l66 aud 2lS7. But
probably those figures are accurate
enough for BeeeheF. ''It Is learned thai
Bash vas once a Deputy Collector al
Port Townsend, etc." Is BeecheF the
anth0Fityf Now as Bash was never Z
Depa'y Collector and 1 was not IL
townsend during the year the swindlinE
~ uFean" vas established there. whiek
one does BeecheF mean 10 attack. Prob
ably be prefers 10 charge both Of as
A very few days after my discharge
BsesheF intimated 90 that should heal
OF IL, that ''tf / said anything agaiRs
him be would make it hot for me OF
Chinese matters" That was ehAllene,
enough for ne. HIS trouble was that
by the Collectors order. had eiveI
some written information concerning
the Alaska" seizure--I suspect that BE-
. feared that another ''Kepler" had 20
after him, aud that be must charge an
other Temple" in defense Well. VI
, shall sea. When / heard Of Beecher'
, above hint, notified the spe eial agent
Ia San Francisco, where said b. hai
gone, that II be made any charges
} would request an invesiiea alton here o
| wOald meet thsn there. No investiRa
ton Is Intended by them. | made th
I same request Of the Secretary OF tb
J Treasury. No reply. / then asked Col
leotor Brooks. Of Port townsend, a Ger
tain question on certificates. which lik
an honorable, true gentleman" b
} promised 10 answer. But, alas! Beecbe
, sat down on him and be refused. Nor
! upon this st the proper time. Nov, II
conclusion for she present, do not be
3 lieve that A. W. Bash has issued
single fraudulent certificate. / believ
hundreds Of genuine certificates, siRnel
BY him or myself, may be ia China o
Victoria, the nambers. dates, descrip
! tons land even siguatures II desired
3 may ,saniess written With "Kssniain
, ink, be removed With certain acid.
New numbers, dates, descriptions exae
/ With the holders Of them, leaving tn
! original true signature, may oftan pre-
care their admission at San Frauei sec
as they have no register 90 c0mpsr
} them with. Mr.. Beeehsr we'll knoN
) the power Of the acid. Respectful
youFs. A. l.. BLAKE,
Late Deputy Collector Of Customs.